Super Sketch Sunday #12

I'm so happy to be posting today's Super Sketch Sunday feature! After last weekends wireless internet fiasco, we are back at it today! Yippee!

This is actually the sketch I was going to introduce last Sunday, but since we weren't able to do it, it is now THIS Sunday's sketch. Keep in mind with this sketch that I couldn't figure out how to make the scallop edges of the card on my Adobe Photoshop, so they appear straight in the sketch. BUT, the scallops are an important part of the design, so you might want to follow the actual photo of the card instead of the sketch. Scallops are mandatory:)!!!!

I am in love with how this card turned out! The colors, the layout...everything came together perfectly. Don't you love when that happens?

The main card is actually Bashful Blue cardstock. I cut about an inch worth of cardstock off the bottom of the front of the card. Then, I glued on a piece of Pretty In Pink cardstock and cut it with decorative scissors so the length of the front of the card matched the length of the back of the card.

To hide the seam where I added the pink cardstock, I glued on a piece of fantabulous designer paper. For the top of the card, I cut a piece of coordinating designer paper and cut one edge of it with the same decorative scissors. I layered another plain piece of cardstock under that and cut another decorative edge. This piece was then adhered to the card. (I'm sorry these directions are so confusing....I hope you are "getting" what I'm trying to explain anyways!).

For the accent flower, I wanted to try and make one of those three dimensional flowers that everyone is making these days. I'm not sure I did it right, but I like how it looks, so that's good! I painted two flower images from Best Blossoms with my H2O's paints. They are so sparkly! A pink button serves as a fun flower center.

For the sentiment, I stamped it on a piece of Whisper White cardstock and then punched it out with my oval SU punch. I don't know about you, but I typically stamp my sentiment FIRST on the paper, and then punch it out, instead of punching out the oval and THEN stamping. Then it's too hard to get it positioned right! If I stamp first, then I can position the punch perfectly around the sentiment. I matted the oval with Bashful Blue and cut it out with my mini scallop scissors. It's adhered to the front of the card with foam tape for dimension.

Isn't it fun? I can't wait to see what some of you come up with for today's sketch. Be sure and send me a link if you do get a card made! Here are a few cards that I received using some previous sketches.....

The first card is made by Teresa Raber....I love the square format and the perfect striped and polka dot paper! Don't you think this is a great baby card?

This card was shared by Paula Goff (Paula Ponders)! It's so pretty! I especially like the yellow flower in the corner. I need to find some flowers that size......I was looking at Archivers the other day and they didn't have any cute ones!

Thanks to all of you for playing Super Sketch Sunday! I hope to see more of your cards this week! Have a wonderful Sunday. I am planning on getting some flowers for the deck today, and MAYBE stopping by Archivers to see the new Martha stuff. Yesterday was absolutely GORGEOUS here, but I got sunburned!!! I sat outside watching my son's baseball scrimmage but didn't have any sunscreen on because hubster and son didn't put it in the baseball bag like they were asked to! Now I'm paying the price:)!!!!